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Louis Nee, near the town of Queretaro, in New Spain, 

 it flowered in the Madrid garden, in Oftober 1796. Root 

 annual. S(ems hardly a foot high, round, rather woody, 

 fmooth like every other part of the plant. The fiendernefs 

 of the leaves, and fmallnefs of the Jlonuers, give this fpecies 

 the appearance of a PECTisor Heteuospermum (fee thofe 

 articles) ; but the calyx is perfectly fimple, tubular, with 

 five furrows and five teeth. Florets of the radius two only, 

 whitifli and undivided : thofe of the difli generally five, 

 yellow, fcarcely more than four-cleft. Seeds long, coni- 

 prefled, each crowned with two briftles, and two intermediate, 

 notched, unequal fcales. 



9. T. luc'ida. Sweet Chili Marygold. Cavan. Ic. v. 3. 

 3.3. t. 264. Willd. n. I. Ait. n. i. Curt. Mag. t. 740. 

 Andr. Repof. t. 359. — Leaves fimple, finely ferrated. 

 Panicle corymbofe. — Native of New Spain. Its feeds were 

 brought to England in 1798, by the late marchionefs of 

 Bute, along witli many otiier novelties from the gardens of 

 Madrid. The root is perennial, and will endure our ordi- 

 nary winters, with a flight degree of protection. Stan ereft, 

 •about two feet high, round, ftriated, leafy, fmooth ; branched 

 in the upper part. Leaves one and a half or two inches long, 

 oppofite, on (hort, broad, comhhmd footjlalis, elliptic -oblong, 

 fmooth, veiny, full of pellucid dots ; their lower ferratures 

 tipped with briftly points, or hairs. Panicie level-topped, 

 many-flowered ; its ilalks angular, fmooth, with linear-lan- 

 ceolate braBeas. Calyx half an inch long, befprinklcd with 

 glandular dots. Flo-uers of a golden yellow, agreeably 

 fcented ; their radiant Jlorets generally three, very broad. 

 Seed crowned with from two to five linear-lanceolate unequal 

 fcales. The ferratures of the leaves are very incorreftly re- 

 prefented in Cavanilles's plate, where they are made to re- 

 lemble a fringe of fine hairs, which only belongs to the lower 

 ones, and is not expreffed in any of the figures hitherto pub- 

 iilhed. 



Tagetes, in Gardening, furnifhes plants of the herbaceous 

 annual kind, among which the fpecies mofl;ly cultivated are, 

 the French marygold (T. patula), and the African mary- 

 gold (T. eretta). 



The firil fort has feveral varieties, as the pale yellow- 

 flowered, deep yellow-flowered, golden yellow-flowered, 

 crimfon-coloured, velvety, variegated crimfon and yellow, 

 ilriped crimfon and yellow ; each of which has both fingle 

 and double flowers : and there are the large-flowered, fmall- 

 fiowered, fweet-fcented, and the dwarf French marygolds. 



In the fecond fort, alfo, there are varieties ; as thofe with 

 pale yellow or brimftone -coloured flowers, with deep yellow 

 flowers, with orange -coloured flowers ; the fweet-fcented 

 :ind the dwarf, &c. ; each with fingle, double, and fiftulous 

 flowers ; the middling African, with orange-coloured flowers, 

 and tlie fweet-fcented African, and perhaps fome others. 



Method of Ctdture All thefe plants are increafed by 



feeds, which ihould be fown in the beginning of April upon 

 a hot -bed ; and when the plants appear, they (hoidd have 

 plenty of fre(h air, and, after they have attained fome 

 growth, be tranfplanted on to another hot-bed, which is 

 arched over by hoops, at the diftance of fix inches ; water- 

 ing and Ihading them well till frefli-rooted, being afterwards 

 gradually inured to the open air ; and about the beginning 

 of May they may be taken up with balls of earth about 

 their roots, and be planted in pots, to be fet out in the 

 courts, yards, &c. about the houfe, fliading them till frefh 

 rooted, and giving them water occafionally. But the firft 

 fort divides and fpreads out widely near the ground, in a 

 rambling manner, and requires to be trimmed up at bottom 

 10 a fins^L' fl:em, and its branches occafionally, to preferve 

 the head fomewhat xegular, and within due bounds. 



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In raifing them in the open ground, in cafe of the default 

 of hot -beds and other conveniencies, the feed flioiJd not be 

 fown before the beginning of April, when the plants are to 

 be covered and protefted in the nights, and in fcvcrc 

 weathtT ; and when otlierwife, not imtil the middle or latter 

 end of it, and tlK^n in a warm rich fituation, either in drilU 

 of half an inch in depth, or on the furface, and raked in 

 lightly. After the plants are a few inches high, they Ihould 

 be planted out cither finally into the borders and otiicr parts, 

 or, when too fmall, into nurfery-rows for a little time, and 

 then fet out where they are to remain. 



Two or three plants may be placed nearly together, m 

 patches at five or ten feet diilance ; and when they (hew 

 their flowers, fo as to judge of their properties, the worft. 

 may be cleared away, and one only of the beft left to eacK 

 patcli, &c. The fame way may be had recourfe to in- 

 planting in pots, &c. 



In the future culture of all thefe kinds of plants, occa- 

 fional waterings are neceilary, frequently the firil and fecond 

 weeks after planting out, but more feldom afterwards. 

 Thofe in pots (hould have it three times in the week con- 

 ftantly, and morning and night in very hot weather. 



Stakes are requifite to the ilrong large-headed plants, one 

 to each. They fliould alfo be properly trimmed in their 

 fide-branches near the bottom, and the too great ramblers, 

 to produce regularity. 



However, the fecond fpecies in particular, and the va- 

 rieties of it, as they always grow firmly creft, both in ftem 

 and branches, require but very httle trouble after their final 

 planting out : they afford ornament and variety, among 

 other plants, in the borders, clumps, and other parts of 

 pleafure-grounds, as well as in pots for particular place* 

 about the houfe, among other potted annual plants. The 

 feeds of each fpecies, and their varieties, fliould be annually 

 faved from the bell plants. 



All the forts grow very well and freely in any common 

 garden foil, whicfi is in an open expofure, exhibiting a par- 

 ticularly confpicuous autumnal bloom, in long fucceflion ; 

 and when properly arranged, and difpofed in afiemblagc 

 with other forts of plants, afford a highly ornamental •Briety 

 and effeft, in the great diverfity of the various forms and 

 colourings of the flowers, in the different forts and varieties. 



In faving the feed, it fliould be collefted only from the 

 fineft and fullcft double flowers, when perfedly ripe, keep- 

 ing that of the different varieties quite diftinft. The prime 

 large heads of feed of each fort, after being well dried, may 

 either have the feed beat nnd rubbed out, or kept in them, 

 putting the whole up into bags, boxes, or drawers, until 

 the period of putting them into the ground. Frefli feed 

 fliould conft;antly be faved every year, as that of more than 

 one year old will feldom grow well. 



TAGGAH, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the 

 country of Algiers ; 24 miles S.E. of Seteef. 



TAGGIA, a town of the Ligurian republic; 4 miles 

 N.E. of St. Remo. 



TAGGING. See She.ahing. 



TAGHAYOOG Bay, in Geography, a bay on the weft 

 coaft of the ifland of Paraguay. N. lat. 25° 2'. 



TAGHMON, a poll -town of the county of Wexford, 

 Ireland, on the road from New Rofs to Wexford, which 

 was a borough before the union, and fent two members to 

 the houfe of commons. It is 73 miles S, by W, from 

 Dubhn, and about 9 W. from Wexford. 



TAGIA, a fmall ifland in the bay of Gunong-Tellu, 00 

 the eaft coaft of Celebes. S. lat. o^ 30'. E. long. 1 22* 6'. 



TAGIABAD, a town of Perfia, in the province of 

 I„l.;.5-ae.E.ofNatens^ TAGIAH, 



